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Australia is a big country. In fact, it is almost 4000 kilometres from the east coast to the west coast. Australia is so big that we have 3 different time zones;
- Australian Eastern Standard...
Every year, on the 26th January, Australia celebrates Australia Day. I'm always asked lots of questions about it. For example, why? Is this your Independence Day? Don’t you have a King in...
This is, by far, the biggest party of the year in Australia. It is a time to celebrate with friends…unlike Christmas, it is not really a family thing. If you’d like to read more about...
As a child who grew up in Australia, I could never understand why Santa Claus wore such warm clothes at Christmas time; or why Christmas cards always had pictures of snow and Santa climbing down a...
Many people, and especially language students, don’t have a lot of free time. You work. You study. You have friends and family and maybe you are in a relationship. You have a life and...
It’s interesting to me that I can’t remember what I had for lunch yesterday, but I can remember a song from 1988! A song that I haven’t heard in over 30 years, suddenly, if I...
One of my favourite grammars in English is the present perfect. However, I realise that it can be one of the hardest grammars for English learners. Often, learners will avoid using it. After...
Prepositions can be tricky to learn in English, as they often don't have direct equivalents in other languages. However, there are some strategies you can use to make learning prepositions easier:
...Whenever anyone starts to learn a new language, they are always interested in the bad words. In English we call these words, swear words (British English) or cusswords (American...
Everyone loves holidays, right? Sometimes, I feel like holidays are the reason why I work! I spend 11 months thinking about a holiday, saving for a holiday, planning my holiday and then I go on...
We all know that speaking English can be challenging some days. However, if you have to speak English when you are sick, it can be terrible! So, it’s important to have a lot of English...
I would like to start this blog by telling you that I don’t play computer games or board games. I don’t do crosswords or Sudoku. However, for the last 12 months, I have been addicted to...
